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121 desear
v.1 to want.¿qué desea? what can I do for you? (en tienda)¿desea algo más? would you like anything else?, is that everything? (en tienda)desearía estar allí I wish I was thereestoy deseando que llegue I can't wait for her to arrivedejar mucho/no dejar nada que desear to leave much/nothing to be desiredes de desear que las negociaciones terminen pronto a quick end to the negotiations would be desirable2 to wish.te deseo mucha suerte I wish you the best of luckme deseó lo mejor/un buen viaje he wished me all the best/a pleasant journey3 to desire (sexualmente).Quiero paz I want peace.4 to wish to, to ache to, to be longing to, to desire to.Quiero estudiar I want to study.* * *1 (querer) to want2 (anhelar) to long for, wish for, desire; (para alguien) to wish■ ¿qué desea? can I help you?, what can I do for you?3 (sexualmente) to desire\dejar mucho/bastante que desear to leave a lot to be desiredes de desear que it is to be hoped that* * *verb1) to wish2) want3) desire* * *VT1) (=anhelar) to wantno deseo que le pase nada malo — I wouldn't want o wish anything bad to happen to him
la vida que tanto había deseado — the life she had wanted so much o longed for
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dejar bastante o mucho que desear — to leave a lot to be desired•
estar deseando algo, estaba deseando conocerte — I've been looking forward to meeting youestoy deseando que esto termine — I'm really looking forward to this finishing, I can't wait for this to finish
estoy deseando que lleguen las vacaciones — I'm really looking forward to the holidays, I can't wait for o till the holidays
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ser de desear, sería de desear que actualizaran su información — it would be desirable for them to update their informationno hemos avanzado tanto como sería de desear — we haven't made as much progress as we would have liked
2) frma) [en peticiones] to wishdesearía ver al director — I would like o I wish to see the manager
b) [en preguntas, sugerencias]¿desearía el señor algún postre? — would Sir like a dessert?, do you wish a dessert?
¿qué desean beber? — what would you like to drink?
¿desea que le hagamos una factura? — do you wish us to make out an invoice?
¿qué desea? — can I help you?
3) [en fórmulas de cortesía] [+ éxito, suerte] to wish4) [sexualmente] to want* * *verbo transitivo1) <suerte/éxito> to wish2) ( querer)lo que más deseo es... — my greatest wish is...
¿qué desea? — (frml) can I help you?
¿desea el señor algo más? — (frml) would you like anything else, sir?
desear + inf: el director desea verlo (frml) the director wishes to see you (frml); está deseando verte he's really looking forward to seeing you; desear que + subj: ¿desea que se lo envuelva? (frml) would you like me to wrap it for you?; estoy deseando que llegue el verano I can't wait for summer; estaba deseando que le dijeran que no I was really hoping they'd say no to him; sería de desear que nos avisaran pronto — ideally we would like to know as soon as possible; dejar I 1) a)
3) < persona> to desire, want* * *= be keen to, desire, long (for), want, wish, reach out for, crave, lust (for/after/over), yearn, crave for, itch for.Ex. Hosts are less keen to standardise, although the EURONET Common Command Language has been adopted by various hosts, and there is some recognition of the potential benefits to the user of greater standardisation.Ex. Some types of indexing are appropriate where it is desired to concentrate effort on generating good indexes.Ex. After you have chosen a story you long to tell, read it over and over and then analyse it.Ex. On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.Ex. Step 1 Familiarisation: A searcher must be adequately familiar with that which he wishes to retrieve.Ex. If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.Ex. Mayo maintained that workers are motivated by 'togetherness' and crave individual recognition within the group = Mayo mantenía que los trabajadores se motivan por la solidaridad y anhelan el reconocimiento individual dentro del grupo.Ex. These two women were Samaria and Jerusalem, lusting after foreigners and foreign ways, and abandoning their god for shallow and ephemeral pleasures.Ex. Since time immemorial, people have yearned for an immediate way to capture living moments in a picture.Ex. With all of the things that make up our daily grind, we often find ourselves craving for the next getaway, for the next relaxation period.Ex. It seems like he's itching for a change but doesn't know exactly the direction or directions to pursue in order to accomplish the change.----* dejar bastante que desear = leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.* dejar que desear = leave + something + to be desired, leave + a bit to be desired.* deseando desesperadamente realizarse = crying to come out.* desear a Algo o Alguien toda la suerte del mundo = wish + Nombre + every success.* desear ardientemente = gag for.* desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca = will + Nombre + away.* desearle a Alguien que tenga un buen día = bid + Nombre + good day.* desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.* desear suerte = cross + Posesivo + fingers.* desear suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + luck.* desear vivamente = be eager to.* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.* que desee(n) = of + Posesivo + choice, of + Posesivo + choosing.* según se desee = at will.* si así lo desean = should they so wish.* sin desearlo = unwantedly.* * *verbo transitivo1) <suerte/éxito> to wish2) ( querer)lo que más deseo es... — my greatest wish is...
¿qué desea? — (frml) can I help you?
¿desea el señor algo más? — (frml) would you like anything else, sir?
desear + inf: el director desea verlo (frml) the director wishes to see you (frml); está deseando verte he's really looking forward to seeing you; desear que + subj: ¿desea que se lo envuelva? (frml) would you like me to wrap it for you?; estoy deseando que llegue el verano I can't wait for summer; estaba deseando que le dijeran que no I was really hoping they'd say no to him; sería de desear que nos avisaran pronto — ideally we would like to know as soon as possible; dejar I 1) a)
3) < persona> to desire, want* * *= be keen to, desire, long (for), want, wish, reach out for, crave, lust (for/after/over), yearn, crave for, itch for.Ex: Hosts are less keen to standardise, although the EURONET Common Command Language has been adopted by various hosts, and there is some recognition of the potential benefits to the user of greater standardisation.
Ex: Some types of indexing are appropriate where it is desired to concentrate effort on generating good indexes.Ex: After you have chosen a story you long to tell, read it over and over and then analyse it.Ex: On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.Ex: Step 1 Familiarisation: A searcher must be adequately familiar with that which he wishes to retrieve.Ex: If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.Ex: Mayo maintained that workers are motivated by 'togetherness' and crave individual recognition within the group = Mayo mantenía que los trabajadores se motivan por la solidaridad y anhelan el reconocimiento individual dentro del grupo.Ex: These two women were Samaria and Jerusalem, lusting after foreigners and foreign ways, and abandoning their god for shallow and ephemeral pleasures.Ex: Since time immemorial, people have yearned for an immediate way to capture living moments in a picture.Ex: With all of the things that make up our daily grind, we often find ourselves craving for the next getaway, for the next relaxation period.Ex: It seems like he's itching for a change but doesn't know exactly the direction or directions to pursue in order to accomplish the change.* dejar bastante que desear = leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.* dejar que desear = leave + something + to be desired, leave + a bit to be desired.* deseando desesperadamente realizarse = crying to come out.* desear a Algo o Alguien toda la suerte del mundo = wish + Nombre + every success.* desear ardientemente = gag for.* desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca = will + Nombre + away.* desearle a Alguien que tenga un buen día = bid + Nombre + good day.* desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.* desear suerte = cross + Posesivo + fingers.* desear suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + luck.* desear vivamente = be eager to.* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.* que desee(n) = of + Posesivo + choice, of + Posesivo + choosing.* según se desee = at will.* si así lo desean = should they so wish.* sin desearlo = unwantedly.* * *desear [A1 ]vtA ‹suerte/éxito/felicidad› to wishllamó para desearme suerte he called to wish me good luckte deseo un feliz viaje I hope you have a good tripte deseamos mucha felicidad we wish you every happinessB(querer): no se puede desear un novio mejor you couldn't wish for a better boyfriendun embarazo no deseado an unwanted pregnancypor fin podrá disfrutar de esas tan deseadas vacaciones at last you can really enjoy those long-awaited holidayslo que más deseo es volver a ver a mi hijo my greatest wish is to see my son againesa moto que tanto había deseado that motorcycle he had wanted so much o he had so longed for¿qué desea? ( frml); can I help you?, what would you like?¿desea el señor algo más? ( frml); would you like anything else, sir?se lo podemos enviar si así lo desea we can send it to you if you (so) wish ( frml)desear + INF:el director desea verlo en su despacho ( frml); the director would like o ( frml) wishes to see you in his office¿desea la señora ver otro modelo? ( frml); would you like me to show you another style, madam?desearía expresar mi satisfacción ( frml); I would o ( BrE frml) should like to express my satisfactionestá deseando verte he's really looking forward to seeing you, he's dying to see you ( colloq)desear QUE + SUBJ:no deseamos que la situación llegue a tal extremo ( frml); we would not wish the situation to reach that point ( frml)¿desea el señor que se lo envuelva? ( frml); would you like me to wrap it for you, sir?desearía que me diera su respuesta esta semana ( frml); I would o ( BrE frml) should like to have your reply this weekestoy deseando que llegue el verano I can't wait for o I'm longing for summerestaba deseando que le dijeran que no I was really hoping they'd say no to himsería de desear que nos avisaran con dos semanas de antelación ideally we would like two weeks' noticedejar mucho que desear to leave a lot to be desiredsu rendimiento deja mucho que desear his performance leaves a lot to be desiredvérselas y deseárselas to have a hard time (of it)C ‹persona› to desire, wantno desearás a la mujer del prójimo ( Bib) thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife* * *
desear ( conjugate desear) verbo transitivo
1 ‹suerte/éxito/felicidad› to wish;
2 ( querer):
las tan deseadas vacaciones the long-awaited holidays;
lo que más deseo es … my greatest wish is …;
si tú lo deseas if you want to;
desearía una respuesta ahora I would like a reply now;
está deseando verte he's really looking forward to seeing you;
¿desea que se lo envuelva? (frml) would you like me to wrap it for you?
3 ‹ persona› to desire, want
desear verbo transitivo
1 (anhelar, querer con intensidad) to desire: estoy deseando verte, I'm looking forward to seeing you
te deseo lo mejor, I wish you all the best
(suerte, felicidad, etc) to wish: os deseo unas felices vacaciones, have a good holiday
2 (sexualmente) to desire, want
3 frml (querer) to want: ¿desea usted algo, caballero?, can I help you, Sir?
deseo ver al director, I would like to see the manager
♦ Locuciones: deja mucho/bastante que desear, it leaves a lot to be desired
' desear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apetecer
- dejar
- esperar
- rezar
- soñar
- suspirar
- aspirar
- bastante
English:
desire
- lust
- want
- will
- wish
* * *desear vt1. [querer] to want;[anhelar] to wish;siempre he deseado visitar Australia I've always wanted to go to Australia;desearía estar allí I wish I was there;por fin, la bici que tanto había deseado at last, the bicycle I'd wanted so much;desearía agradecerle su apoyo I would like to thank you for your help;si desea mayor información, llame al 900 1234 if you would like more information, please ring 900 1234;desearíamos que nos informara sobre su disponibilidad we would be grateful if you could inform us whether or not you would be available;en nuestra empresa deseamos ofrecer lo mejor a nuestros clientes in our company we want to offer our clients the best;¿qué desea? [en tienda] what can I do for you?;¿desea algo más? [en tienda] would you like anything else?, is that everything?;¿desea que le enseñe más modelos? [en tienda] would you like me to show you some other models?;si lo desea, se lo enviamos a su domicilio if you wish, we will deliver it to your home;aquí estamos para lo que desee [a cliente] we are at your entire disposal;estar deseando hacer algo to be looking forward to doing sth;estaba deseando salir de allí I couldn't wait to get out of there;estoy deseando que lleguen las vacaciones I'm really looking forward to the holidays;¿te hace ilusión lo de ir en barco? – ¡estoy deseando! are you looking forward to going by boat? – you bet I am! o am I ever!;ser de desear to be desirable;es de desear que las negociaciones terminen pronto a quick end to the negotiations would be desirable;dejar mucho/no dejar nada que desear to leave much/nothing to be desired2. [felicidad, éxito, parabienes] to wish;desear algo a alguien to wish sb sth;te deseo mucha suerte I wish you the best of luck;¡deséame suerte! wish me luck!;me deseó lo mejor/un buen viaje he wished me all the best/a pleasant journey;me deseó buenas noches he said goodnight (to me);todos deseamos que te mejores pronto we all wish you a speedy recovery3. [sexualmente] to desire;te deseo, no puedo vivir sin ti I want you, I can't live without you;no desearás a la mujer de tu prójimo thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife* * *v/t2:¿qué desea? what would you like?;¿desea algo más? would you like anything else?* * *desear vt1) : to wishte deseo buena suerte: I wish you good luck2) querer: to want, to desire* * *desear vb1. (expresar deseos) to wish2. (querer) to wantestoy deseando irme de vacaciones I can't wait to go on holiday / I'm really looking forward to going on holiday -
122 épilation
épilation [epilasjɔ̃]feminine nounremoval of unwanted hair ; [de sourcils] plucking* * *epilasjɔ̃nom féminin removal of unwanted hair; ( à la cire) waxing* * *epilasjɔ̃ nf* * *[epilasjɔ̃] nom féminin -
123 épiler
épiler [epile]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb[+ jambes] to remove the hair from ; [+ sourcils] to pluck2. reflexive verb► s'épiler* * *epile
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verbe transitif to remove unwanted hair from [jambe]; ( à la cire) to wax; to pluck [sourcils]
2.
s'épiler verbe pronominal* * *epile vt[jambes] to remove the hair from, [sourcils] to pluckse faire épiler les jambes — to have the hair removed from one's legs, to have one's legs waxed
* * *épiler verb table: aimerA vtr to remove unwanted hair from, to depilate; ( à la cire) to wax [jambe, visage]; to pluck [sourcils]; se faire épiler les jambes to have one's legs waxed; crème à épiler hair-removing cream; pince à épiler tweezers (pl).B s'épiler vpr s'épiler les sourcils to pluck one's eyebrows; s'épiler le menton to remove the hairs from one's chin.[epile] verbe transitif[aisselles, jambes] to remove unwanted hair from[sourcils] to pluck————————s'épiler verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi) -
124 излишен
superfluous, redundant; surplus (attr.); otiose(ненужен) unnecessary, needless; expendable; unwanted(безполезен) uselessчувствувах се излишен I felt I was not wanted; I felt I was one too many/the odd man outизлишно тегло overweightизлишно е да говориш с нея it is no use talking to her, it is useless/pointless to talk to herизлишно е да казвам/споменавам, че той беше прав needless to say, he was rightизлишно безпокойство unnecessary/unwarranted anxietyизлишни количества surplus amountsизлишен труд useless effort* * *излѝшен,прил., -на, -но, -ни superfluous, supernumerary, redundant; surplus (attr.); ( ненужен) unnecessary, needless; expendable; unwanted; unwarranted; excrescent; ( безполезен) useless; \излишенен труд useless effort; \излишенни количества surplus amounts; \излишенно е да говориш с нея it is no use talking to her, it is useless/pointless to talk to her; \излишенно е да казвам/споменавам, че той беше прав needless to say, he was right; \излишенно тегло overweight; чувствах се \излишенен I felt I was not wanted; I felt I was one too many/the odd man out.* * *expletive; expеndable: излишен to say, I was right - излишно е да споменавам, че бях права; otiose; pleonastic; redundant; spare: Do you have a излишен time to talk? - Имаш ли излишно време да поговорим ?; supererogatory; supernumerary; unnecessary; unneeded; unwanted; waste* * *1. (безполезен) useless 2. (ненужен) unnecessary, needless;expendable;unwanted 3. superfluous, redundant;surplus (attr.);otiose 4. ИЗЛИШЕН труд useless effort 5. излишни количества surplus amounts 6. излишно безпокойство unnecessary/unwarranted anxiety 7. излишно е да говориш с нея it is no use talking to her, it is useless/pointless to talk to her 8. излишно е да казвам/споменавам, че той беше прав needless to say, he was right 9. излишно тегло overweight 10. чувствувах се ИЗЛИШЕН I felt I was not wanted;I felt I was one too many /the odd man out -
125 depilare
con pinzette pluckcon rasoio shavecon ceretta wax* * *depilare v.tr. to remove hair from (sthg.); to depilate: depilare le braccia, le gambe, to depilate one's arms, legs // depilare le sopracciglia, to pluck one's eyebrows.◘ depilarsi v.rifl. to depilate oneself.* * *[depi'lare] 1.verbo transitivo to remove unwanted hair from [gambe, corpo]; (con ceretta) to wax; (con rasoio) to shave; (con pinzetta) to pluck2.verbo pronominale depilarsi to remove unwanted hair from one's body; (con ceretta) to wax; (con rasoio) to shave; (con pinzetta) to pluck* * *depilare/depi'lare/ [1]to remove unwanted hair from [gambe, corpo]; (con ceretta) to wax; (con rasoio) to shave; (con pinzetta) to pluckII depilarsi verbo pronominaleto remove unwanted hair from one's body; (con ceretta) to wax; (con rasoio) to shave; (con pinzetta) to pluck. -
126 самовозбуждение
autoexcitation, self-energizing, self-excitation, self-oscillation* * *самовозбужде́ние с.1. ( нормальное состояние) self-excitaton2. ( нежелательное состояние) (generation of) unwanted [parasitic] oscillation(s)подавля́ть самовозбужде́ние — suppress unwanted [parasitic] oscillation(s)предупрежда́ть самовозбужде́ние — inhibit unwanted [parasitic] oscillation(s)самовозбужде́ние ( раскачка) [m2]колеба́ний — build-up of oscillation(s)* * * -
127 unvorhersehbar
* * *unpredictable* * *ụn|vor|her|seh|baradjunforeseeable* * *un·vor·her·seh·baradj unforeseeable, unpredictable\unvorhersehbare Ereignisse/Umstände unforeseen events/circumstances* * *Adjektiv unforeseeable* * *unvorhersehbar adj unforeseeable;unvorhersehbares Programmende IT unwanted program closure* * *Adjektiv unforeseeable* * *adv.unpredictably adv. -
128 embarazo
m.1 pregnancy (preñez).embarazo no deseado unplanned pregnancyembarazo psicológico phantom pregnancy2 embarrassment (timidez).3 obstacle (impedimento).4 fluster, embarrassment.5 hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, encumbrance.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: embarazar.* * *1 (preñez) pregnancy2 (obstáculo) obstruction, obstacle3 (turbación) embarrassment\embarazo fantasma phantom pregnancy* * *noun m.* * *SM1) [de mujer] pregnancyembarazo ectópico, embarazo extrauterino — ectopic pregnancy
2) (=turbación) embarrassment3) (=estorbo) obstacle, hindrance* * *1) (Med) pregnancy* * *= pregnancy, gestation.Ex. Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.----* embarazo de adolescentes = teenage pregnancy.* embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.* embarazo precoz = teenage pregnancy.* embarazo tubárico = tubal pregnancy.* poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.* prueba del embarazo = pregnancy test.* terminar un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.* test de embarazo = pregnancy test.* * *1) (Med) pregnancy* * *= pregnancy, gestation.Ex: Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.
Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.* embarazo de adolescentes = teenage pregnancy.* embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.* embarazo precoz = teenage pregnancy.* embarazo tubárico = tubal pregnancy.* poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.* prueba del embarazo = pregnancy test.* terminar un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.* test de embarazo = pregnancy test.* * *A ( Med) pregnancydecidió interrumpir el embarazo she decided to terminate the pregnancyprueba del embarazo pregnancy testCompuestos:full term pregnancy● embarazo ectópico or extrauterinoectopic pregnancyBsu comentario causó gran embarazo his comment caused a great deal of embarrassment2 (estorbo) obstacle, hindrance* * *
Del verbo embarazar: ( conjugate embarazar)
embarazo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
embarazó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
embarazar
embarazo
embarazo sustantivo masculino (Med) pregnancy
embarazar verbo transitivo
1 (causar pudor, turbación) to embarrass
2 (dificultar) to hinder
embarazo sustantivo masculino
1 (de una mujer) pregnancy
2 (apuro, turbación) embarrassment
3 (incomodidad, estorbo) obstacle
' embarazo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antojadiza
- antojadizo
- divulgarse
- interrupción
- desear
- interrumpir
- prueba
English:
abortion
- craving
- morning sickness
- pregnancy
- terminate
- morning
- termination
* * *embarazo nm1. [preñez] pregnancyMed embarazo ectópico ectopic pregnancy; Med embarazo extrauterino ectopic pregnancy;embarazo no deseado unwanted pregnancy;2. [timidez] embarrassment3. [impedimento] obstacle* * *m pregnancy;interrupción del embarazo termination, abortion* * *embarazo nm: pregnancy* * *embarazo n pregnancy [pl. pregnancies]
См. также в других словарях:
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